Rectangular two-handled dish from a dessert service
Factory: Spode
Bone china, decorated with floral reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, flower- painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Bone china, moulded, with integral reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding. Rectangular with a shaped edge and rounded corners, two crabstock handles with foliated terminals on the two short ends, and deep curved sides, standing on an oval footring.
The inside of the dish is decorated with a rectangular reserve edged in gold and painted in polychrome with primrose and double larkspurr. Outside this there is a border of two raised floral sprays reserved in a pale blue ground, with polychrome floral sprays in each corner, a rose, a tulip, a ranunculus, and a purple flower. There is a gold band round the edge. The base is painted in purple enamel with ‘Primrose & Double Larkspurr./Spode,2004.
History note: Ronald Spencer Copeland (1918-2002); William Copeland (b. 1966); sold Bonham’s 23-24 July, 2013, The Contents of Trelissick House including the Copeland China China Collection, Feock, nr Truro, Cornwall, day 2, part of lot 491
Purchased with the Applied Arts Duplicates Fund and the L.D. Cunliffe Fund
Height: 7.4 cm
Length: 28.5 cm
Width: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
This pattern was introduced in 1813 or 1814 and remained popular for many years. When sold by Bonham's the Trelissick dessert service was dated to c. 1825.
Decoration
composed of
ground colour
( pale blue)
enamel
( polychrome)
gold
Deoration
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on-label
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.9.4-2013
Primary reference Number: 197508
Old object number: S 81 B
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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